Operations model for high-volume production line

  • Authors:

  • Robert S. Hight;William A. Smith

  • Affiliations:

  • Northern Telecom, Inc., Research Triangle Park, N.C.;Northern Telecom, Inc., Research Triangle Park, N.C.

  • Venue:
  • WSC '87 Proceedings of the 19th conference on Winter simulation
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

Printed circuit board test and repair operations for a high volume production line were modeled during implementation in order to evaluate potential performance under various management decision alternatives. Applying modified rules regarding product flow logic and test station assignment resulted in a 23% increase in throughput.The model utilizes a combined network and discrete event approach written under the SLAM II simulation language framework. The network portion is used to model the test stations, while the discrete event portion allows for actual source code substitution of the AS/RS scheduling algorithm used in simulating the logic and movements of the AS/RS.